Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-06-23
DELAYED Cassyille Letter.


Our Village Board has begun i'm
proyements of streets in earnest, Capt.
Hannes is now macadamizing section
OF 800 feet on Amelia street. This is as
1t should be. That piece or section of
street with about $50 feet more in the
same line between Denniston Avenue
and Arthur street will at least benefit
six OF the contributors to the fund out
of which the improvement is paid for,
Six saloon licenses of 5000 each will
help considerably toward street improve
ments and that section needed it very
much.
Mrs. Minnie Loomis (nee Winsor)
has returned to Cassville where she
proposes to make her future home.
She bought the house lately moved by
Chas Williams onto block SO one OF
the La Grade buildings. The dress
Mr.. Williams has given the old building
makes it neat little home.
On tho 9TH was the first set TO be-
tween our police and the saloons, both
of course contending for their rights.
And which resulted in the first blood
for the saloon. The defendent was
we'll armed with council and jury, and
very soon it was evident that it was not
the saloon keeper who was on trial for
keeping his saloon open after regula-
ton hours, but that really the Marshal
and Police Justice were on trial for
their presumption to attempt to enforce
the law. Both the council and the
court were contending and contesting
as to who shall be the ring master of
ethat circus"
"A disgraceful affair took place in
our streets on last Saturday. A mis-
creant from Ellenboro, Henry Steuer,
was following up German named
Moritz, and kept tantalizing him by
talking to him in English which the
German could not understand. Then
Steuer would take the German to the
bar and have him swallow another
dose. until when Steuer thought Moritz
was drunk enough so that he could
thrash him, whereby he could gloat
over the great glory of having threshed
a bundle of rags-for Moritz was as
Timber as rag) they went at it
Moritz grabbed Steuer, raised him from
the ground and threw him over his
shoulder and held his arm around his
neck, choking him until his tongue was
sticking out and his face was turning
black. A very little more time in that
fix and Henry would have been gone
steer but the strength of Moritz did not
hold out, they both fell Oh. l,.e ground
and Moritz, too drunk to follow up his
advantage, let Stuer recover sufficiently
before they went at it again, and Moritz
got badly worsted.
No arrests. The Police officers have
been fully persuaded that some of the
would-be leading people are decidedly
against order.
Another little fight came off on Sat-
urday night between the Day boys and
Bernhard boys which was seemingly
a free for all. The Day boys came out
of that second best. No arrests.
The river is getting very low. The
drought must extend way up the river
to head waters. Only 3 feet 5 inches
above dead low water in the channel!
This is fine weather for river improve
ment. Parties are cutting brush on the
Jacco Island and others are quarrying
rock in the Bunker Hollow and the
work of damming the Jacco Slough
and Bunker Chute will soon begin in
earnest,
Last Sunday, in spite of the late wars,
all was quiet in the village, only the
band boys were practicing with view
to be on time July 4th.
We had light shower of rain on
Monday which did some good but
hardly laid the dust.
Rain is what we need.